Polar 625X

hi,

yes I do use the S625X since a month or so.. I calibrated it once on a 400m
track and used it on all my different running shoes. berfore the
callibration the distance was arround 95% okay.....so I had a missmatch of
about 10-5 meters on one kilometer....... after that the watch shows me 995
to 999 m on one km seldom more than 1k and if then about 1001m or so.... I
guess this is a very fine result for a sensor like that !!

one problem is the connection from the sensor to the watch....as the pulse
sensor it is influenced by all the electricity stuff arround...like running
near a railway or under power supply systems in any form..... it is like the
heartrate or bikespeed sensor.....suddenly you'r running 25 km/h with 225
HR....

I had the 720i before and the functions haven't changed exept you have an
extra running speed option.....

what I think is very nice is the "auto lap" function....that takes a lap
time each i.e. 1k or for you 1mile......even in harder terrain like a nice
run in the woods !

the weight of the sensor is okay and if your weight is more than 45 kg you
won't feel it !! my wife has tested it and she is in that kategory......only
after 2hours she said she can feel a little..... well I do so too without
:-))

the biggest advantage of the polar is the battery life....one month at
least....about 35-45 hoours of running !! compared to the GPS systems .....
this is very fine. plus you can use it indors on the running hometrainer
aswell ( I know you have the distance on the display !!) to get the info on
the PC via infrared !!

ciao,
martin

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Quoted message said:

Hi,
Does anyone have any experience of this new SDM? In particular, how
accurate is the foot pod as compared to a GPS system such as the Timex SDM
or the Garmin Forerunner?

Tom